Amelie is an assistant professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Amsterdam. Her main research interests are leadership and followership, training and development, change management, (observational) research methods, and sustainability in the workplace.

Before joining the UvA, Amelie was working as a Post-Doc at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, in the department of Work and Organizational Psychology, where she contributed to a project on the trainability of adaptive leadership. Amelie earned her Ph.D. (summa cum laude) from Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, for her research on "Without Followers, There Are No Leaders: Insights Into the Dynamic Co-Construction of Leadership". She studied Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Master of Science) and at the SRH University Heidelberg (Bachelor of Arts).

Furthermore, Amelie is passionate about helping organizations understand how interpersonal dynamics shape organizational success and translating scientific research into actionable recommendations for business contexts. 

Journal publications (peer-reviewed)

*Güntner, A. V., *Meinecke, A. L., & Lüders, Z. E. K. (2023). Interaction coding in leadership research: A critical review and best-practice recommendations to measure behavior. The Leadership Quarterly, 34 (6), 101751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2023.101751

*Güntner, A. V., *Heimann, A. L., Ingold, P. V., & Kleinmann, M. (2022). Training Adaptive Leadership: on the role of leader cognitions and behaviors. Academy of Management Proceedings 2022(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.12310abstract

Güntner, A. V., Klasmeier, K. N., Klonek, F. E., & Kauffeld, S. (2021). The power of followers that do not follow: Investigating the effects of follower resistance, leader implicit followership theories and leader negative affect on the emergence of destructive leader behavior. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 28(3), 349-365. https://doi.org/10.1177/15480518211012408

Güntner, A. V., Endrejat, P. C., & Kauffeld, S. (2021). The emergence of employees’ change readiness for energy-conservation behavior during guided group discussions. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. 587529. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.587529

Güntner, A. V. & Kauffeld, S. (2021). Die Ko-Konstruktion von Führung in veränderungsbezogenen Interaktionen zwischen Führungskräften und Mitarbeitenden. [The co-construction of leadership in change-related interactions between leaders and followers]. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für angewandte Organisationspsychologie, 52(3), 551-562. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11612-021-00591-9

Güntner, A. V., Klonek, F. E., Lehmann-Willenbrock, N., & Kauffeld, S. (2020). Follower behavior renders leader behavior endogenous: The simultaneity problem, estimation challenges, and solutions. The Leadership Quarterly, 6(31), 101441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2020.101441

Endrejat, P. C., Güntner, A. V., Ehrenholz, S., & Kauffeld, S. (2020). Tailored communication increases the perceived benefits of solar energy. Energy Policy, 144, 111714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111714

Güntner, A. V., Endrejat, P. C. & Kauffeld, S. (2019). Guiding change: using Motivational Interviewing in organizations. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie, 50(2), 129-139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11612-019-00459-z

Klonek, F. E., Güntner, A. V., Lehmann-Willenbrock, N., & Kauffeld, S. (2015). Using Motivational Interviewing to reduce threats in conversations about environmental behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1015. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.010115

*shared first-authorship

Book chapters

Güntner, A. V., Kauffeld, S., Passmore, J. (2022). Motivational Interviewing as a Tool for Coaching in the Workplace: Coaching for Organizational Change. In: Greif, S., Möller, H., Scholl, W., Passmore, J., Müller, F. (eds) International Handbook of Evidence-Based Coaching. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81938-5_54

Endrejat, P. C., Güntner, A. V., Stasewitsch, E., Abel, P., Robra-Bissantz, S., & Kauffeld, S. (2019). Advancing sustainability at universities through design thinking education. In P. A. Rodgers (Ed.), Design research for change: Symposium papers presented at the design museum 11-12 December 2019 (pp. 79-92). Lancaster University.

Güntner, A. V., Klonek, F. E., & Kauffeld, S. (2018). A socio-motivational perspective on energy conservation in the workplace: The potential of motivational interviewing. In V. Wells, D. Gregory-Smith, & D. Manika, (Eds.). Research Handbook on Employee Pro-Environmental Behaviour (pp. 287-312). https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786432834.00021

Kauffeld, S. & Güntner, A. V. (2018). Teamfeedback [Team feedback]. In Jöns, I. & Bungard, W. (Eds.). Feedbackinstrumente im Unternehmen - Grundlagen, Gestaltungshinweise, Erfahrungsberichte (2^nd edition, pp. 145-172). Springer Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-20759-5_7

Kauffeld, S. & Güntner, A. V. (2018). Mitwirkung durch Führung stärken - Maßnahmen einer nachhaltigen Team- und Personalentwicklung [Fostering participation through leadership – Activities of a sustainable team and human resources development]. In K. Mäder & E. Stäuble (Eds.). Wirken statt blockieren. Führung in Bildung und Schule (pp. 161-171). Hogrefe.

Kauffeld, S. & Güntner, A. V. (2018). Teamleistung, -stimmung und -führung. Wie mit guter Diagnose an der Entwicklung angesetzt werden kann [Team performance, mood and leadership. How good team diagnosis is the basis for successful team development]. In J. Strohmer (Ed.). Psychologische Grundlagen für Fachkräfte in Kindergarten, Krippe und Hort (pp. 455-465). Hogrefe.

Kauffeld, S., Güntner, A. V., & Ebner, K. (2016). Karriere als Thema im Coaching: Klienten unterstützen, Karriereentscheidungen zu treffen [Career as a topic in coaching: Supporting clients in their career decisions]. In H. Möller, W. Scholl, & S. Greif (Eds.), Handbuch Schlüsselkonzepte im Coaching (pp. 285-294). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45119-9_31-1

Klonek, F. E., Güntner, A. V., & Kauffeld, S. (2016). Damit Sie auch im Coaching bekommen, was auf der Verpackung steht: Qualitätssicherung von Coachings am Beispiel der Prozessanalyse im Motivational Interviewing [Delivering contents that were promised on the package: An example for quality control in coaching using process measures from motivational interviewing]. In C. Triebel, J. Heller, B. Hauser, A. Koch (Eds.), Qualität im Coaching (pp. 155-168). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49058-7_13

Aichele, D., Eickstedt v., L., Güntner, A. V., Müller, J., & Wiebke, A. (2012). Der Einfluss von Musik auf die sportliche Leistung [The influence of music on sports performance]. In A. Zimber (Ed.), Experimente der Angewandten Psychologie, Band 1 (pp. 69-84). Logos.

Conference presentations (selection)

Güntner, A. V., Ingold, P. V., & Kleinmann, M. (2023, May). Understanding the Relationship Between Leader Well-Being and Follower Well-Being: On the Role of Leader Situation Construal and Follower Need Fulfillment. Paper presented at the 21^st EAWOP conference, Katowice, Poland.

Güntner, A. V., Heimann, A. L., Ingold, P. V., & Kleinmann, M. (2022, September). How to Learn Adaptive Leadership? On the Role of Leader Cognitions and Behaviors. Paper presented at the 52^nd conference of the German Association of Psychology, Hildesheim, Germany.

Güntner, A. V., Heimann, A. L., Ingold, P. V., & Kleinmann, M. (2022, September). Adaptive Führung: Die Rolle von Kognitionen und Verhalten und ihre Vermittlung in Führungstrainings. [How to Learn Adaptive Leadership? On the Role of Leader Cognitions and Behaviors]. Paper presented at the 17^th conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Zurich, Switzerland.

Güntner, A. V., Heimann, A. L., Ingold, P. V., & Kleinmann, M. (2022, August). Training Adaptive Leadership: On the Role of Leader Cognitions and Behaviors. Paper presented at the 82^nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Klasmeier, K. N., Güntner, A. V., & Schleu, J. E. (2021, September). Der Einfluss von geteilter Führung auf das Verhalten der Führungskraft: Eine Längsschnittstudie [The influence of shared leadership on leader behavior: a longitudinal study]. Paper presented at the 12^th conference of the division of Work, Organization and Business Psychology of the German Society for Psychology, Chemnitz, Germany.

Endrejat, P. C., Güntner, A. V., Stasewitsch, E., Abel, P., Robra-Bissantz, S., & Kauffeld, S. (2019, December). Advancing sustainability at universities through design thinking education. Paper presented at the Design Research for Change Symposium, Design Museum, London, UK.

Güntner, A. V., Endrejat, P. C., & Kauffeld, S. (2019, September). Auswirkungen von Framingeffekten auf die Investitionsabsicht zur Nutzung von Solarenergie unter Einbezug des regulatorischen Fokus [The influence of framing effects on users' intentions to invest in solar energy under consideration of the regulator focus]. Paper presented at the 11^th conference of the division of Work, Organization and Business Psychology of the German Society for Psychology, Braunschweig, Germany.

Güntner, A. V., Endrejat, P. C., & Kauffeld, S. (2019, September). Being pushed out of the box: Welche Faktoren fördern den kreativen Lösungsfindungsprozess? [Being pushed out of the box: Which factors facilitate creative solution processes?]. Paper presented at the 11^th conference of the division of Work, Organization and Business Psychology of the German Society for Psychology, Braunschweig, Germany.

Practitioner-oriented publications

Güntner, A. V.  & Kauffeld, S. (2022). Führung erfolgreich ko-konstruieren [The effective co-construction of leadership]. people&work, 6(22), 80-82.

Güntner, A. V. (2021). Der Weg zu agiler Führung [Making agile leadership work]. Personal Schweiz, 10, 46-47.

Güntner, A. V., Endrejat, P. C. & Kauffeld, S. (2018). Umweltbewusstes Verhalten in Zahnarztpraxen: Welche Faktoren es behindern und welche es fördern. [Pro-environmental behaviors at the dentist: The factors that facilitate and impede sustainable behaviors at dentist's surgeries]. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Zahnärztliche Hypnose, 24(1), 18-21.

Kauffeld, S. & Güntner, A. V. (2016). Teilnehmer-Typologie. Wer Besprechungen trägt, behindert, anderswo sein sollte [Types of meeting participants]. Organisationsentwicklung, 4, 29-35.

Kauffeld, S. & Güntner, A. V. (2016). Mehr als nur Broterwerb [More than just earning a living]. Gehirn & Geist, 7, 38-45.

Invited presentations and workshops (selection)

Güntner, A. V. (2023, March). Selection and Development of Leaders. Invited lecture at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Prof. Dr. Pia Ingold).

Güntner, A. V. (2022, April). Walking our (behavior-based) talk: Measurement traps in leadership research and what to do about it. Invited lecture at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Prof. Dr. Pia Ingold).

Güntner, A. V. (2021, December). Adaptive leadership: On the role of followers, leader behaviors and cognitions. Invited lecture at the University of Hamburg, Germany (Prof. Dr. Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock).

Güntner, A. V. (2021, July). Adaptive leadership. Invited lecture at the Business & Law School, Hamburg, Germany (Prof. Dr. Melanie Vonau).

Güntner, A. V. (2018, November). Leadership and change: Motivational Interviewing. Invited lecture at the University of Technology, Berlin, Germany (Prof. Dr. Fabiola Gerpott).

Güntner, A. V., Endrejat, P. C., & Kauffeld, S. (2018, November). EnEff Campus 2020. Strategy man-machine interface. Invited talk at the closing event of the Echo project. HIS-Institut für Hochschulentwicklung e.V., Hannover, Germany.

Güntner, A. V. & Kauffeld, S. (2017, August). Soll ich's wirklich machen oder lass ich's lieber sein? Studiumsbezogene Karriereentscheidungen & Motivational Interviewing [Should I really do it or just leave it? Study-related career decisions and Motivational Interviewing]. Invited talk at the 2^nd networking event on study discontinuation, Braunschweig, Germany.